Seal-lock.



No. 700,502. Patented May 20, I902.

H.T. JONES.

SEAL LOCK.

( Applica.tion filed July 25, 1901.)

(N0 Model.)

w/msssss ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

HENRY TYLER JONES, OF LONG ISLAND, QUEENS COUNTY, NEW YORK.

SEAL- Loo'KI emmemot forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,502,01atedMay 20, 1902. Application filed July 25,1901. Serial No. 69 628.- (NoinoilolJ' T0 at whom itnmy concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY TYLER J ONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Long Island, in the 'county'ofQueens and- State of New York,(whose post-office address is East Setauket, Long Island, New -York,)-have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Locking andSealing Devices for Cars, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a locking and sealing devicefor car-doors, &c., of a new, simple, and cheap form of construction, bythe use of which a oar-door or other like device to be'locked and sealedmay be so looked and sealed without the'use of any special sealing-tooland which can only be. thereafter opened by the breaking and'fraoturingof the seal.

To such ends my invention consists, in substance, of a staple oreyebolt,means for se-i curing such staple or eyebolt to the doorjamb, aslant-faced catch-bolt reciprocating in the main body portion of thestaple orj eyebolt, the catch end of which extends into the slot or eyeof the eyebolt or staple, a spring for normally forcing the catch-boltinto such slot or eye, a hasp and means for securin g the same to thedoor, a frangible seal having a bar portion adapted to enter the eye-or'slot of the bolt or staple, the lower end of which bar is slantfaced or pointed, so as to-pres's back the catch-bolt on being insertedin such' slot or eye of the eyeboltlor stapleflvhich frangible seal isprovided with a lock seat or slot adapted to receive the end of suchcatchbolt, so 'as toprevent withdrawal of the seal when once inserted inthe eyeor slot, a head larger than the bar portion of the seal formedintegraltherewith, a station-number or indieating-mark, and anindividual numbercarried by the seal at the head end, duplicates of suchnumbers and marks carried by the seal adjacent to the point of the bar,a metallic locking-pin adapted to pass through a perforation providedfor it in the bolt or staple, so as to lock the haspthereon in suchmanner as to prevent the same from being brought into contact'with thefrangible seal, and means for securing such pin so as to prevent lossthereof, the seal being usually and :preferably but not. necessarilyformed of 'bakedlclay and beingprovidedwith a perforation registeringwhen the seal is in positionin the eye or slot of the eyebolt or staple,with a like perforation formed therethrough through both of which may bepassed the wire of a lead or'like seal in order to form a secondary oradditional-seal, although it is not to be understood that the inventionis limited to a device necessarily comprising at once all of the devicesor means before mentioned, as p binations or arrangements of devices andthe invention consists of certain various comparts and theconstructionof certain devices and parts, allsubstantially ashereinafter more particularly set forth in the specification, and pointed out in'the claims. In the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which like letters of reference designatecorresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a front view of adoor and a portion of the side of an ordi with my improved formoflocking and sealing device. 7 Fig. 2 is a view in detail, upon anenlarged scale, of such locking and sealing device 'in'thelo'ckingposition; and Fig. 3 is a view of the same in vertical sectionon the a nary freight-car, showing the same provided linedfaof Figfii2,looking to the right in the, v

direction-of-the arrow in said Fig. 2. f a

T :ln the drawings, lOdesignatesthe door-.

jamb', and 11 -the "car-door. Secured to the door, as shown, bya'-staple 12 or .inanydesired manner, so as to form ahinged joint, is

a hasp 13," having an enlarged headedend provided with a suitablerectangular opening 14, adapted to pass over the enlarged eyed or"slotted rectangular head portion-J15 of the slotted eyebolt orxstaple,which is provided with a rearwardly-extending circular hollow main bodyportion 16, 'p'rovided {at the eX-.

treme inner end with both inner and outer screw-threads, the d'oor-jamb10 having a circular opening provided at the outer end with f a squarechamfer to receive a portion of the head 15, so as to prevent turning ofsuch eye or staple bolt, and the same being secure in 'I'o suchdoor-jamb by a securing-nut 17 and a lock-nut 18, screwed upon theexterior thread within the door-jamb, as shown in Fig. 3.

Reciprocating in the hollow central portion of the staple or eye bolt isa catch-bolt 19, of the form of a spring latch-bolt usually employed indoor-locks, provided with aforward slant-faced portion 20, behind whichis the rectangular portion 21, fitting in a like square portion formedin the outer end of the otherwise circular hollow portion of sucheyebolt, such catch-bolt being prevented from being forced too far intothe eye or slot 22 of the eyebolt by a projecting flange 23 at theforward side of such eyebolt and being normally forced into the positionshown in Fig. 3 by a suitable spiral spring 24, which is compressedbetween the rear edge of the rectangular portion 21 thereof and ascrew-plug 25, which is screwed into the inner female screw-thread inthe rear end of said eye or staple bolt, as shown in such Fig. 3.

Formed in and through the eyebolt, to one side of the main slot 22thereof, is a similar slot or passage adapted to receive a metallicsecuring-pin 26, usually secured to the hasp 13 by a chain 27, whichpassage and eye-pin are so situated and of such size that there is justroom between the same and the doorjamb when the parts are in theposition shown in Fig. 3 to allow of the insertion of the pin 26 in theposition shown in Fig. 2, so as to lock the hasp 13 in position andprevent the same from coming into contact with the head portion 28 ofthe frangible seal. The frangible seal consists of an enlarged headportion 28 and a smaller bar portion 29, usually of the rectangular formshown, as is the eye 22 of the head 15 of the eyebolt or staple; but inany event the bar portion 29 is of the exact shape of such eye or slot,and such bar portion 22 is provided on one side with a catch-slot 30 ofthe form of the head of the catch-bolt 19, so as to receive the samewhen in the position shown in the drawings, such bar being pointed orprovided with a slant face 31 at the bottom, by which upon beinginserted from the top the same will force back the catch-bolt 19 untilthe catch-slot 30 comes in registry therewith, when the spring 24 willforce the same into the position shown in Fig. 3, after which, as willbe seen, it will be impossible to withdraw the seal without fracturingthe same, and in order to facilitate this fracturing and that the sealmay be cleanly broken into two pieces only, which may be preserved forfuture reference, such seal is usually provided just below the head 28with an annular groove 32, as shown in Fig. Such seal is also usuallyprovided at the bottom with a transverse perforation 33, adapted whenthe parts are in position to register with a like perforation 34 throughthe head 15 of the eye or staple bolt, through both of which may, ifdesired, be passed a Wire 35, provided with a lead seal 36 of thewell-known form, by which arrangement it will be seen that two sealsinstead of one are provided. Upon the frangible seal any suitableindicating number or marks may be printed or impressed, and when suchseal is made of soft frangible wood the same may be burned or brandedthereon with a hot iron; but when formed, as I prefer to form such seal,of baked clay such indicating mark or marks are impressed thereon whilesoft and before baking. The seal may, if desired, be coloredanypreferred color during the process of baking. In practice such sealsare usually provided, as shown, upon the head at the top with the nameof the railroad using the same, in this instance designated by theletters B. & 0., the station using that particular seal being indicatedby name or, as is usually the case, as shown in the drawings, by two ormore letters, in this case being indicated by the letters K. D., andeach individual seal of each particular station is provided with anindividual number, in this case such number being 5601, and I prefer toprovide such seal upon the bottom forward portion which projects belowthe head 15 with duplicates of the individual and station numbers ormarks, as shown in Fig. 2. When so numbered and formed with the groove32, it will be seen that by merely striking the head 28 of such seal aquick sharp blow upon the side the head will be broken off at suchgroove, when the lower portion 29 in the slot may be pushed down pastthe catch, after which, the pin 26 being taken out, the hasp 13 may beremoved from the staple-bolt and the door opened, and the two ends ofthe seal, the two pieces of which will exactly fit one another at thefractu re, may, if desired, be preserved for future reference.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the class described comprising a hasp provided with ahead having an opening, a tubular staple-bolt provided with a headadapted to pass through said opening and having a vertically-arrangedeye or passage formed therein, a frangible seal comprising a headportion and shank, the latter being adapted to pass through said eye orpassage and a spring-operated latch-bolt mounten in said staple-bolt andadapted to engage the shank of the seal, and a securing-pin connectedwith the hasp and adapted to be passed through the head of thestaple-bolt, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class specified comprising a hasp provided with ahead having an opening, a tubular staple-bolt provided with a headadapted to pass through said opening and having a vertically-arrangedeye or passage formed therein, a frangible seal comprising a headportion and shank, the latter being adapted to pass through .said eye orIntestimonythatl claim theforegoing as passage and a spring-operatedlatch-bolt my invention Ihave signed rnyname,in.pres- 10 mounted in saidstaple-bolt and adapted to ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 22dengage the shank of the seal, the shank of the day of July, 1901.

5 seal being also provided with a triangular HENRY TYLER "J ONES.- notchor recess and the head 0f the latch-bolt Witnesses: being beveled 0n theupper side thereof, sub! F. A. STEWART,

stantially as shown and described. L. R. BAYER.

